Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-13
woMANc GROWING GLORY.



Not Take Care Of Their Hair.
Wandering upon time through the
outskirting fields Of q small provincial
town In England, / came upon one of
those interesting exhibitions Of the kind
whichsno doubt have been seen in Britain
since the middle ages. a caravan Of wild
beasts III charge of family of inounte-
banks had been brought to halt, and,
picturesquely grouped upon the green
sward in front Of the temporary stage
which had been erected the preceding
night, were to be seen all the gaping
mouthed yokels Of the village, eager. to
view the many marvels promised on pay
rnent of silver sixpence. Among the
wonders / found an announcement of ssthe
display of her great natural curiosity, by
Miss Sigismunda Montmorency, aged 10
i fancied that the girl might be one OF
those strange vocalists whose voices seem
compounded from the masculine and FEM
mime range, but when the rosy checked
lass appeared it came out that her great
curiosity was her hair, which fell upon
the floor and dragged like . court fna1itle
when she walked. M
= There is a reaction in favor of hair
For several years its glories have been
cloudeI, but of late there has beenR mani
fest desire to possessFa luxnriant crown
of capillary treasure. Biblical eulogy y
not lacking Snent the SURPRISING splendoe
Of woman's hair, while as for that of men,
abundant hair has from the time Of tho
ancients been considered the attribute OF
divinity. What painter, what sculptor OF
old has ever represented Jupiter, Apollo
or Neptune wit hbut d glorious quantity OF
beautiful hair. Phidias said that his
statue Of u tipiter q Jnipns was inspired BY
Homer, whose pages are full Of apostro-
Plies to the spignttOr Of the heIZ s0f his
heroes. Virgil, to express the power Of =
mythOiogic god, said that the shaking OF
his hair caused all Olympus to treMble.
Coming down to modern days, who can
forget the poetic assertion that beauty
draws us by q single hairf fsz3 III,
American families In general have fine
hair. 1t grows abundantly, like other
vegetables, under these favoring skies.
But they do not take altogether good care
Of IL. The hair needs a great deal Of ven
tilation. 1t should be brushed and sepa-
rated by o wide toothed, comb morning
and evening. 1t should he allowed to
hang down untrammeled by combs, pins
or strings when one Is in dishabille, but no
married woman should ever appear In
company with diSheYelled hair. Anew
years ago this frantic mode prevailed
among women OF poor taste and limited
reading~ The flowing hair y the marx Of
a virgin, in all pictorial art, and~is 20
mentioned by Horace Walpole in the his
tory Of painting, published more than
100 years ago. Queen Victoria will not
permit unmarried woman whose hair is
flying about shoulders to approach her
presence; but thelittle Wales and Edin-
burgh girls--her grandchildren-wear
their golden locks unfettered by the snood.
In spite Of the dictum Of interested hair
sellers and hairdressers, nothing IL 50
beautiful and becoming to 2. woman as
luxuriant natural hair, simply twined
about the head, while truant love lock
here and there escapes from bondage and
falls in curves of beauty on the brows. --
Olive Logan In New York Mail and Elk
press. 4.
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